The 100% scholarship I’d been hoping for didn’t come through. It’s amazing how a 4.2 GPA isn’t enough to secure it. The classmate with the closest GPA to mine that I know of who got the full scholarship got a 4.24 GPA. Seriously? 0.04 is what cost me a full scholarship? It really sucks paying cash for tuition for a program you aren’t fully satisfied in. The only upside is that I can pay cash (as opposed to school in the US) and when all is said and done, I’ll have a Master’s degree.
I’ve got another month of winter vacation before the spring semester starts up. I need to get to work on my thesis topic. Every time I pick a topic that my thesis advisor likes I can’t find enough information to churn out a 70 page thesis so I need to get to work on some research and start plowing through articles. My thesis advisor wants me to submit my paper to the Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights. If my paper is chosen I’d fly to Indonesia in October to present my paper. It’s intimidating but it would be a good experience so I’m giving in a shot. I really hate public speaking though…
